Gavialiceps javanicus, the duckbill conger, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).Common names for Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org.Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993.Karmovskaya, E. S. 1993 [ref. 22018] Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 6): 742–752. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including northwestern Australia, Java (from which the species epithet is derived), and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 560–600 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 89 centimetres.
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